New due dates for Property tax, water bill

Chandigarh: In view of the Covid-induced lockdown, the local Municipal Corporation on Wednesday extended the dates for the payment dates of property tax and water bills. According to the MC, the last date for the payment of property tax has been extended from May 31 to June 30. This was decided at a meeting between Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor, and KK Yadav, MC Commissioner. The Mayor said as per the practice, residential property taxpayers would get a rebate of 20 per cent and commercial property taxpayers 10 per cent till June 30 for depositing the levy for the 2021-22 fiscal. The corporation also decided to extend the date for depositing water bills till May 31. The Mayor said due to the lockdown, the MC had earlier extended the date for depositing water bills till May 17, but keeping in mind the present situation, the deadline had been extended further. TNS

ABVP submits memorandum

Chandigarh: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad has submitted a memorandum to the Secretary, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, and demanded a vaccination drive for students residing in hostels. "The ABVP urged the university administration to stop unnecessarily harassing the students and they should be allowed to stay in their hostels. Vaccination should be arranged as soon as possible for the students residing in hostels and the university should set up an oxygen plant on the university campus," the ABVP states in a press release. TNS

Suspend online classes: NSUI

Chandigarh: The Panjab University unit of the NSUI has submitted a memorandum to the Dean, University Instructions, seeking the suspension of online classes to give a break to teachers and students. They also demanded the promotion of students as per the UGC guidelines. "We appreciate the concern and dedication of the university to maintain its academic standards, but many other universities have suspended their online classes. It's not just students who need a break, even teachers need it too," says a statement of the NSUI. TNS

Prayer meeting held online

Chandigarh: More than 250 persons attended an online prayer meeting held in the memory of hockey icon Yash Pal Vohra, who breathed his last earlier this month. The Hockey Chandigarh and Rock Rover Hockey Club conducted the prayer meeting which was attended by Dr Chander Shekhar, Prof Sudesh Gupta, Gurcharan Singh, Gurbax Singh and other prominent persons. Vohra was the general secretary of the Chandigarh Hockey Association, now Hockey Chandigarh and Rock Rover Hockey Club, in 2000. TNS

Webinar on NEP organised

Chandigarh: The Foreign Students Cell of Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Sector 36, organised a webinar on 'National Education Policy 2020: Addressing National and International Aspirations for Education in India'. Prof Nishi Pandey, Department of English and Modern European Languages, was the resource person. Over 400 participants benefitted from the webinar. Prof Nishi Pandey enlightened the participants on the significant highlights of the NEP 2020. TNS

Bus driver, conductor held

Panchkula: The Panchkula police have arrested a bus driver and its conductor for violating the Covid norms on Tuesday night. The suspects have been identified as Naeem and Badre Alam, both residents of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. Sources said a police team from Sector 7 was on a checking drive near Majri Chowk in Old Panchkula in view of the Covid lockdown. The team stopped a bus having UP registration number and after checking the bus, they found 50 passengers in it. A case under Sections 188, 269 and 270 of the IPC and the Disaster Management Act 2005 was registered against the bus driver and conductor. TNS

Liquor vend worker held

Panchkula: Two persons were booked on the charge of illegally selling liquor to their customers here on Tuesday. One of them was arrested. The arrested suspect was identified as Ravi, a resident of Baral near Dharampur, Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. The police said a team of the Sector 5 police station had received a tip-off that liquor was being sold at a vend near Bella Vista hotel. After reaching the spot, the team found that a worker at the vend was selling the liquor and arrested him. A case under section 88, 269, 270, 120B was registered against the suspects. TNS

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